Becky M S Barnes's research while affiliated with United States Geological Survey and other places

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Removal or protection from biostratinomic agents of decomposition, such as predators and scavengers, is widely seen as a requirement for high-quality preservation of soft tissues in the fossil record. In this context, extremely rapid burial is an oft-cited mechanism for shielding remains from degradation, but not all fossils fit nicely into this pa...

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... A recently described mummified Edmontosaurus sp. (NDGS 2000) from the Hell Creek Formation in Montana, reveals very fine polygonal tubercles that are tightly interlocked on the ventral surface of the pedal digit II pad, with large irregularly spaced polygonal tubercles on the dorsal surface of digits II and III ( Figure 3C in Drumheller et al., 2022). The possible skin impressions on i9 and i14 are too irregularly preserved to directly compare to NDGS 2000, but there are no conflicting morphologies that can be observed. ...